The "You Aren't Trainable" Attitude

makes little sense. My only job has been LTL pulling doubles and triples out west in nasty winters and sometimes heavy winds.. Knock on wood, going on three years without an accident. So it can be done.

 

I overcome this through a multi-stage, multi-platform process that I've patented, trademarked and am currently licensing to Swift, Prime, FFE, KLLM and my biggest client; CR England.
Want to hear about it? Of course you do.

• Opening -You're perfect, they're not. Who's the man here? You, that's who. Who are they? Desk jockeys shouting into phones. What, and I mean please- tell me what these idgets know `bout truckin`? They're 50 feet away from a toilet, all day, everyday. They've got homes, fridges and normal warm beds. Meanwhile you're freezing every inch of your 300lb ### off in the back of an "apartment" that does 70. And the whole time, somehow, you're expected to make "Just in time" deliveries. You're expected to "do your job" and to "do it well."
  You knew walking in what being a trucker meant, it meant coming home from Vietnam and killing local mobsters, all the while going back to the roadhouse cafe and kicking Patrick Swayze's ###- not taking crap from some twig boy with a business admin degree.
  How is someone supposed to overcome all this adversity, how is someone gonna sit in a T/A on a 34hour, yelling into a blue parrot pretending to have a conversation in between his double helpings of country fried steak!?
  
  Here's how:

1. When you go in for your interview, make sure you tell them "Ain't no how, no way in no hell is my ### goin` to tha North East. Not no north of Carlisle, not no east of Allentown; no way no how." This will make clear the fact that you're a man who knows what he wants. This is a good thing in a trucker, all fleet and hiring managers know it. Why? Because when a trucker knows what he wants, he can get what he wants- even if it means sticking that crap N/E load on another driver "OH, but I'm almost outta hours an good Lord in heaven I'm so fatigued! and my tires are gettin` flat, and I got this country steak with extra gravy waiting for me inside yonder truck stop."
   See? It makes sense.
2. When the interviewer asks you about your prior experience, tell them where they can shove that question. What business is it of theirs? Again, you're the man here, and their 4-wheeling sensibilities will tell them "It's a man who knows what he wants, and he just threatened to shove a question up my bung. Dunno how he would do that- but he's a trucker. He's probably resourceful."
3. Now you're on step three, congratulations on making it to one of the most crucial step of the interview process. When the interviewer asks you about discrepancies in your DAC report, regarding your verified miles, you need to get angry. Not just a little annoyed, not an "Oh well, I thought it was more, excuse me." Not an "#### it, they're lyin`!" No, I mean the employee should be frightened, and thinking about calling security. If you ain't throwin a phone book, you ain't doin` it right.
   
   When you've calmed down, now is the time to reinforce your lies. You have to wing this portion for the most part, and I wont lie- some find this hard. But it has to be done to secure the position. Some handy tips for a push in the right direction could be "Well, you know I thought we was measuring in Kilometers what with this company being so close to the Canadian Border." or "Dang, put a comma and three extra zeros in there. Sorry!"
4. Seal the deal. The interviewer is pleased, and is so impressed with your ability to act like a trucker- he's probably thinking about putting you in a KW900l with a studio sleeper! But they're probably on the fence about one thing. How do you handle bad news? They might just pass along a little test like this. Pay close attention to the dialog because it will very likely score you a job making over $17,000 a year!
   
   

• Interviewer- "Well, trucker, we're not going to lie- everything here just looks awful."
• Trucker- "What the hell you say`in?"
• Interviewer- "Well let's start from the beginning- You came in, smelling like you've just crawled out of the containers the gas company hold that smell they add to their gas for safety. Your clothes look like they're ten years old, and were washed only about the same time you filed your taxes every year. You lied to us about...well...everything... You talk like a sailor and threw a phone book at my secretary, and a stapler at me."
• Trucker- "And what does it have to do with anything!? I thought I was interviewing to be a driver, not the ambassador to Norway! Rabble-Rabble, Obama comin in here, stealin muh job, rabble-rabble!"
• Interviewer- "How's .29 CPM sound?"
• Trucker- "Make it .30 and you got yourself a deal, son!"
• Trucker later on his CB- "I'm pullin in .50 cpm now, boys! And I ain't got no panties on!"

There you go! You see? This trucker handled himself exactly as any professional driver, anywhere ought to have! Let's just recap on a few key tips that scored this trucker a job:

1. Overreact about everything.
2. Make it clear you know everything about what the science of professional driving is, and can't be taught anything else.
3. Don't clean up or dress up for the interview- make sure the employer knows you're more interested in other things and therefore, don't have time for such 4-wheeler nonsense.
4. Lie, lie, lie and then lie some more to cover those lies.

These tips alone have put over 15,000 seat warmers back to work, just in the past three months.
This information is worth tens of dollars to drivers everywhere; and I just brought it to you, for free.

 

This guy claimed that he was empty and the wind caught him.

 

In trucking and dealing with trucking companies, it's always been about having the
experience required that the company you may be interested in requires. Even with
almost 13 years in the industry and 1.5 million miles under the tush, there are still
trucking companies out here that would turn me down if I applied, even with the CSA
crap going on and me having 0 points. Just gotta start somewhere with a beginner
company and work your way up.......always been that way for most of us, not all.

 

Gpsman--)not trying to be contrary but please do not confuse runnin linehaul or roadboard w/an ltl carrier as runnin otr--they are NOT remotely similar......and moving from p&d at almost ANY ltl freight company to linehaul is a routine occurance--If CJ was talking to an actual ltl company it was time in the Seat that was in question which is why she was told to call back after x amount more experience--it has Everything to do with most ltl carriers having nothing to do w/training.....they expect you to go to WORK day one--& while a couple have started apprentice program--it all starts like the ol days---dock--yard peddle---and as for your comment about otr being more demanding than local again at a freght company??? Funniest ###### thing I ever heard--tell that to a Chicago or Boston or any major city p&d guy---they'll piss themselves

 

my p/d route is downtown san francisco, otr is a vacation in comparison

 

where'd ya find those pics moon beam? Saw you edited your post asking me if i know anything about these

 

You beat me to that!! I run my but off!!Im home every night,hand unload several of my stops,and get 2500 miles
or more a week.
Im not really ltl,but not over the road either.I get lots of miles,and the manuel labor of ltl.
I would take a seasoned ltl driver all day.Its physically demanding,and you still get to go without sleep like otr guys LOL